=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 11-Jun-1991
Noumea II           740/011 RLR(1983) is 10.4m below BMI-1
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 12-Jul-1993
Noumea II           740/011 RLR(1983) is 10.4m below BMI-1
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 08-Oct-1996
data before November 1975 received from authority H8
all data received via TOGA
instrument type:OTT standard analog (OTT) 1967-11/1975;
(Nov 1975 - Jan 1987 )Fischer and Porter Analog-to-Digital Recorder (ADR)
(primary,Jan 1987-present) Leupold and Stevens Analog-to-Digital
Recorder (ADR);
(backup,Jan 1987-present) Handar Encoder (ENC)  *used as primary gauge
 for 1990-1992
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 09-Dec-1997
Revised data for 1967-81 received from the UHSLC.  The Revised Local
Reference details are no longer relevant.  The entire series is relative
to the French  "zero de reductions des sondes 1961."  The 1975-4/1981 U
ich were originally linked to the UH staff have now been adjusted
to be relative to the French Zero 1961.
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 15-Jul-2025
Updated the whole dataset to ensure they include all the historical data recovered recently by SHOM and the calculated monthly and annual means match those distributed by SONEL.

